We’re going to deviate a bit from the usual sports talk today. Well, sort of. We’re going to deviate and then relate it right back to the Super Bowl!
Get pumped, people!
EA’s Madden 11 has made it’s prediction for Super Bowl XLV. For those of you not familiar with the Madden franchise, it’s a yearly videogame release. It’s a realistic football simulation that allows you to control your team from a top down perspective. It’s an impressive core game, but is one that is slightly underwhelming in it’s yearly release if you’re a gamer.
However, the game is programmed with an impressive set of real life statistics that allow for match simulations and predictions. In fact, previous iterations of Madden have successfully predicted 6 of the last 7 Super Bowls. Creepy, eh?
So, here’s the offical verdict. According to Madden 11, the winner of the Super Bowl will be the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s simulations
have the Steelers narrowly beating the Packers in the last part of the game.
So, I’m gonna have to agree. Steelers for the win. And I for one would like to state for the record that I welcome our electronic overlords and I have no plans to resist anything ever.
Have you ever gone to your kids’ little league games or their middle/high school sports games and sat next to a big talker. Odds are their kid is on the team, and truth be told their kid isn’t that great. But their parent is great at saying everything that is going wrong with the other team, the referees, the coach, and the other kids on the court/field.
This person is the most annoying person alive.
Chances are that they have never played on an organized team and they think their child is some kind of prodigy even though they are really just mediocre. They are yelling at what “should” be happening when in reality, their solution is rarely plausible; and the “bad” call the ref just blew was actually legitimate.
My suggestion? Sit as far away from this person as possible. They yell for no reason, and they look naive in the stands blabbing on about a sport they only know about because they have signed up their kid since they were five years old.
Parents should sit back and watch the game, and allow the coaches and referees do their job. At the very least, parents should save their kids the embarrassment of having that parent who goes crazy in the bleachers. parent’s should let the kids play and have fun, and not discuss matters they have limited knowledge on.
When you ask an individual in the United States what the most popular sport is, you will get football as your answer. If you ask someone in any other country, they too will say football, but they will be talking about an entirely different sport.
People in the US will be talking about American football, but everyone else will be talking about football, futbal, soccer. It is by far the most popular and played sport around the world, but the US has just not seemed to catch on.
Sure we have a major league with 15 teams across the nation; and yes, millions of kids play the sport when they are young; but who watches the MLS games?
Less that 250,000 across the Unites States watch the games that’s who. The avid fans watch the games, but even they have a favorite team that plays for another country because they are a million times better than any US team is. No major networks air soccer games on TV; ESPN doesn’t highlight plays during the season; and the league doesn’t advertise enough to get people excited about the team in their area.
But in Europe, in Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico, even Asia – soccer is the biggest thing ever, and entire nations tune in to watch. The States need to get on board, embrace this sport, and get people excited and paying attention.
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